Saul Flores (pronounced sah-ool)

Saul Flores built his speaking career inside classrooms, where educators invited him to share the stories behind his early community projects. What began as a single campus visit grew into an ongoing collaboration with faculty and student leaders who saw storytelling as part of the work of developing leaders. Over time, those visits became thoughtfully shaped programs for students, created to support reflection, growth, and responsibility in leadership settings. His programs are now used across more than 300 campuses, where educators turn to his work to deepen student reflection, leadership readiness, and commitment to community.

His perspective was shaped by working alongside the communities he served. As a young man, Flores walked from Ecuador to the United States, a 5,328 mile journey that reshaped his understanding of endurance, obligation, and the ways communities care for one another. The project helped fund the rebuilding of a school in his mother’s hometown of Atencingo, Mexico, and became the foundation for a body of work that links narrative, service, and social responsibility. In Puebla, he later founded MAMA Sugar, a project that partners with sugarcane workers and reinvests in their families and communities.

On stage, he challenges students to look honestly at their values, their decisions, and the kind of leaders they are becoming, and to act with conviction in the moments that matter. His programs fit the realities of campus life, helping students reflect, speak openly, and apply what they learn to how they lead. Flores continues to collaborate closely with faculty, student affairs leaders, and learning centered programs across the country. His keynotes challenge students to examine their choices, listen with respect, and act with conviction in their roles on campus and beyond.